As a gay mariachi mician, Carlos Samaniego grew tired of the discrimatn and bullyg om other mariachis the macho world of the Mexin folk genre. So he formed his own group, still foced on the mic, but wh an all LGBTQ+ lp.
Contents:
- FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
- THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950'S LOS ANGEL
- NY PARISH HOSTG CELEBRATN AT NOTOR GAY CLUB
- GAY C MAYO PARTY MORE THAN MARGARAS AT LAS MARGARAS
- FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
- GAY PRI CALENDAR
FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
In Los Angel throughout the 1950s, gay men lived unr nstant harassment by the police. They risked ostracism and loss of employment if outed. * 5 de mayo gay *
An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a rabow-lored bottle of mayonnaise lled “Real Gayo” that Kraft released celebratn of Pri Month.
Fact Check: The Facebook image, shared over 42, 000 tim, purportedly shows a rabow-lored bottle of Kraft mayonnaise labeled “Real Gayo” wh text unrneath that reads “Smooth & Sassy. “We received your note fact checkg ‘Real Gayo, ’ and wanted to nfirm this is not a real product, ” said a spokperson for Kraft an email to Check Your Fact. A gatherg of gay men Los Angel 1951.
THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950'S LOS ANGEL
* 5 de mayo gay *
At the same time thoands of gay men found themselv California after World War II, and they were prented wh the problem of livg a life the midst of social disapproval and police reprsn. In Los Angel throughout the 1950s, the culture of gay men functned very much below the radar. Unr nstant harassment by the police, homosexuals risked social ostracism and loss of employment if outed.
NY PARISH HOSTG CELEBRATN AT NOTOR GAY CLUB
Homosexualy as a disease. The domant perceptn of homosexualy the 1950s was that was a disease. Most employers and ernment agenci barred homosexuals wh moraly cls and they were wily nsired to be secury risks.
GAY C MAYO PARTY MORE THAN MARGARAS AT LAS MARGARAS
It clud homosexualy as a mental disease. It was wily njectured that homosexualy rulted om emotnal trmas childhood, as is the se wh other mental illns, and that geics played ltle to no role.
On this basis the practice of nversn therapy took hold, wh wispread attempts to change people om homosexual to heterosexual (here are jt a few exampl om stunts at Oberl College Oh).
It was mon practice for employers to prohib homosexualy. Homosexuals had long been barred om employment feral jobs, a policy that was rerced 1953 by Dwight Eisenhower's Executive Orr 10450. Private employers varied on this issue, but most would fire any employee who was disvered to be gay.
FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
Th at a very basic level, to intify onelf as a homosexual public was to ve a lifetime of poverty.
An unfortunate tenncy was for many people to nflate homosexuals wh pedophil and serial killers.
GAY PRI CALENDAR
A survey nducted as late as 1967 for a CBS documentary (see the full program or a shorter versn) termed that two thirds of Amerins viewed homosexuals wh "disgt, disfort, or fear" while a majory favored laws agast all homosexual acts.